Tammo was an impulse purchase at a pet store, I have to admit. Back then, we didn’t even know you could get bunnies from rescues. He was super super laid back, and would spend entire days sitting in one place without moving, haha. But he enjoyed his pets and would give kisses too.

We found Peppy girl on Craigslist being given away for free because the kids had “lost interest” in their Easter bunny…I fell in love with the picture on Craigslist and knew immediately that she was going to be mine! She’s turned out to be an amazingly friendly and spunky bunny, so we definitely lucked out there.

Remi was from a local pet store, having been returned after his previous owner moved to a pet-free apartment. The shop people picked him up, flipped him over, held him in one hand, telling us that he was the sweetest bunny and you could do anything with him without him squirmy or biting. Lo and behold…after we got home and he settled, he turns out to be the ultimate no-touchy skittish bunny. We still love little Remi boy very much though!

Milo was (finally!) from a shelter, when we decided to find Peppy a husbun. He was super afraid at the shelter, and would completely freeze up with bulging eyes whenever anyone touched him…for the first few weeks after coming home, he would hide in the cage all day. But after having had him for barely 6 months now, he’s turning out to be ever the snuggle bunny, and begs for pets just as much as his wife-bun.

When I moved in with the boyfriend I brought my shepherd mix dog with me, but we lost him after about a month to an illness that the vet could not get to go away. After that, I wanted to get another pet but we were moving around a bit and had to wait. Then we moved to a place that had a no-pet policy so couldn’t get one. Was the first time I have ever lived without an animal, I wasn’t too fond of it! The landlord at the apartment was able to be talked into a pet bird, so we got Thanos the cockatiel. He’s a velcro bird and a sweetheart, but doesn’t allow pets at all. When we moved to a house (finally!) we were able to get four legged pets.

Once everything was settled with moving in I scoured petfinder and found this adorable little bunny – a year old, well socialized, friendly, well cared for at his last home, etc. Called and asked about him and he was still available, but they don’t hold animals, so we go shopping get supplies and a few days later call back since we had time to go pick a bunny up. 20 minutes before we called, someone adopted the original bun we had looked at. So we ask if they still have Powder, which is the other bun they had listed on petfinder and they do. So we drove out and they took us back to the place to look at him and he let me pet his head and was a total sweetheart. The lady at the shelter said he had been there a while because everyone was scared of his eyes (REW). I think he’s adorable. We took him home and he immediately was using his litter box and got to run around the house because of his perfect manners. He had been in the shelter for 6 months because people were scared of him! He’s now the biggest pet monster ever, he’ll sit for hours if you can pet him that long.

Fast forward a few months, Powder is settled in and doesn’t chew, is perfect on his litter habits. But, he’s cuddling his mirror and trying to groom it. So we discuss it and decide after he’s neutered and healed up we’ll get him a friend (which, our house is big enough to keep two if they didn’t get along). Well… I was looking at craigslist and there was this adorable little girl needing a home because a lady had taken her out of a neglected home and was keeping her at an apartment that had no pets allowed. Boyfriend wanted to wait, but the foster had no clue about rabbit care, just was a nice person who knew an animal shouldn’t be kept the way she was being kept and I couldn’t imagine what kind of home this girl was going to end up in. I managed to talk him into it and we got her. She had been a childs pet (I think it was a special needs child, the foster did volunteer work with autistic kids but she wouldn’t give details), had sticker glue matting her beautiful rex fur together and was so scared of people when I set her area up and got too close to her, she laid down flat shivering and peed herself. Now she is full of attitude, thumps whenever I annoy her and comes running every morning to greet me and dig my leg like “hey, you’re ignoring me and where is my BREAKFAST!” lol

As for your foster or adopt situation… I would foster and if there is one you really fall in love with, keep it. That way you are helping out a lot of bunnies and able to pick just the right one.

Okay so for my first bunny my current boyfriend decided to buy me one for my birthday since he knew I had wanted a bunny since I was a kid. I looked at available rabbits online at the humane society and immediately knew that this bunny was the right one; he was a larger bun, had ears that stood up, and broken coloring, which is what I knew I secretly wanted even though I was going for personality above all else.  We researched bunnies together for hours. I waited 2 weeks for him because he was sick and at a foster’s house and the shelter said he was the sweetest bunny they had but older. They had me take him home without meeting him first and he turned out to be the best snuggle bun I could ever ask for, I could trust him to even not chew on my curtains!!

Once he passed away I was very sad and didn’t even want to get another bunny because I thought he had been perfect and any other rabbit wouldn’t live up to how he had been. I went to the humane society again anyway and saw that they had rescued baby lop bunnies. I feel bad admitting this but when I saw Wilbur I didn’t even want her at first. I didn’t want a baby! Somehow though Wilbur convinced me to take her home because she was so different from her shy littermates, she has a great personality and she came right up to me and nudged me with her nose like “hey! I needs a home, bring me back with you”. When I brought her home I was still worried that I’d made a bad decision because babies are sort of a gamble. She’s since then won me over completely with that personality (not to mention her cuteness). 

I would say if you want to foster that certainly would help save some bunny lives (: The only thing is you would have to be able to not get too attached. I get what you mean about if you adopt another bunny you’re not interested in bonding him/her with your current bonded rabbits. I would love to adopt a second bunny but I’m worried that then Wilbur would stop paying attention to me. Maybe you could foster until you found a rabbit that you know has good personality and you want to adopt? I definitely agree with your thinking about going for personality over breed, Wilbur was not my ideal breed or coloring.

Aww, I always think it’s heartwarming to hear stories about other bunnies who really came out of their shell with love and care . As a good bunny parent, I’m sure you could do the same for a poor foster bunny who just needs to learn to trust people!

I was considering a bunny and went to the humane society and saw Kate and Spence (then Zeus and Snowball) cuddling together in an empty xpen. They were just so cute and so pitiful that I pretty much immediately said, “MINE!” And they came home with me on the spot. lol. I went in considering one and came out with two! They mostly think I’m just a silly human, but I am the supplier of the papaya, so they let me stay here.

Rosy was a petstore bunny also. But just like LHB, I think it was fate. I had been looking for a shelter bunny for a good 6 months. Since I couldn’t visit the shelters often I had left my name and number with 3 of them. Nobody ever called me back. Finally, desperate for a pet, I went to a petstore on my lunch hour and picked out Rosy (it was Easter so there were a lot of bunnies) After finding out about her special needs, I’m glad she hadn’t been some little kids Easter present!

It wasn’t till after I got Rosy that I found Best Friends animal santuary in Kanab, Utah just 3 hours away (doh!!!). I then read up on house training a bunny on House Rabbit Society’s website.  That’s where I found that bunnies are really happiest when living with other bunnykind. So I started my search for another bunny on Best Friend’s website.  Meanwhile, I had become friends with one of the employees at my local Petco (since I was in there all the time). He told me about a rabbit that the owner said was a real “terror.” Petco didn’t want to adopt him out if he was so awful since it was a liability. So I agreed to foster him until they decided what to do.

In comes Kevin (the old owner named him Dinner, how horrible is that?), a 2-year-old black Holland lop with one white paw (aww).  He was the sweetest thing ever. I think his old owner just didn’t understand rabbits. I’m in the process now of adopting him. I just have to wait for the owner to sign away custody, which should be sometime next week. *crossing fingers*

I was considering fostering a pair of buns but was still thinking it over. There was a craigslist for a free bunny with cage. I called just to ask about her but it broke my heart the way she was being cared for. Gabby spent the winter in the garage by herself without bedding in her cage. I’m sure she was just fed/watered and that’s all. They were getting rid of her since it would be too hot in the summer. I figure she also didn’t have any heat in there.

I decided to take her without seeing her first or knowing a whole lot about her. She is not free range in half our house and loves my daughter. She’s not fond of me since I’m the one that grooms her for loose hair. I decided to adopt another bun when I noticed Gabby trying to get affection from my eldery cat.

My daughter picked Thumper’s picture on petfinder and we introduced Gabby to him first. They instantly hit it off and we brought him home. It took a couple of weeks being in the same house to get used to each other but they now love each other alot. They’re both free range. Out of the pair Thumper is super friendly. He loves to be petted and follows me around the house alot.

I got Otto because I wanted a holland lop. I looked up local breeders and found one whom I felt was responsible and had nice rabbits and got on a waiting list.

I got Hannah because I really wanted a second lop. Otto met some buns at a shelter (not lops – all of the lops had recently been adopted) and got along so well with all of them that I decided to check on craigslist, just to see. I typed in “spayed lop” and Hannah was the only listing that came up – I definitely didn’t want to pay for a spay. We took him to meet her and they got along pretty well, so we brought her home. At first I thought her personality was way over the top for us and didn’t think we would be able to give her a good home, but she’s settled down a lot and has a fantastic personality – I’m so glad we kept her!

I think, aside from getting a very aggressive bunny, which I’m not sure I could handle, that I don’t really care what the personality of the bunny is. The two bunnies I have are nothing like I expected, but I love them both to pieces and wouldn’t want different bunnies.

I meant to put she is free range in half the house. For some reason I put is not in my post. I’m a dork when I’m typing. I found out later that the guy’s second call about Gabby was the original breeder that supplies the pet store. So if I hadn’t called first she may have ended up being a breeder since she wasn’t spayed yet.

Aww these are so sweet! I got Velvateen from a small feed store. I had wanted a Netherland Dwarf for a while and about a year earlier, I set out looking for one with no success. I kind of dropped the issue and set up my goldfish tank juuuuusst how I wanted it- spent like $200 on live plants, tank, light, an extra filter, gravel… The next day I went into the feed store and saw 3 baby bunnies in a 40 gallon fish tank. I thought about it for a whole 5 minutes, bought a cage and supplies and picked out V. The lady that works at the feed store didn’t even ask what I planned to do with him or if I bought a cage and whatnot (I got all the supplies elsewhere before getting V). Luckily, I don’t think Nethies are big and meaty enough to be used as a meat rabbit, but who knows where he would’ve turned up?
A few months later, I moved and started school elsewhere and decided V needed a friend for when I was gone at school. I found Fievel on Craigslist and he was an “accident”. They had all 4 babies lined up in the picture and Fievel was the scruffiest, patchiest little gnome I ever saw! He kinda looked like an old beat up teddy bear. Lol. So that was that.
I think fostering would be great if you could do it. That way you can see how they fit in your home. Plus, you’d be helping out rabbits that would otherwise be stuck in a crowded shelter!

Bumblebunny was an accident. We found a dirty little bunny hopping down the street about 3 1/2 years ago. Brought him home and thanks to BB website learned how to take care of him. He is a real member of the family now.

Momo was an impulse buy. As some of you may know, I am into reptiles and one of my snakes passed. My husband promised me a new snake for my birthday, which was in October, but I just could not find one that I wanted. In January we went to a reptile/exotic pet show here in MI. I saw a few snakes I kind of liked, but none that really caught my eye like my last gal. Then I saw these two little white bunnies, with black stripes down their backs at one of the display tables. Girl from out of state who breeds English Spots, among other exotic critters and these were her last two does. My husband and I fell in love with her and she became my very very late birthday snake.

I am not a fan of impulse buys. But in my defense I was looking up all the info I could on my phone during the ride home. We also picked up things like food and a water bottle at the show before taking her home. I am also not the type of person to abandon on a pet because it is “too difficult” to take care of. My husband and I are very much against that and all of our pets receive the best.

My story of how i received my 2 buns are sweet story. In 2006 I had to put my bun of 8 years to sleep. 6 weeks later my dad passes away. I went to a pet shop to buy a pet the only place around where I live that has rabbits. What a mistake that was long story short. The rabbit was sick when i bought it with GI Stasis I assume 2 1/2 days later the rabbit dies. I am so upset. Where i worked i see they have a poster up free rabbits. I asked and here a ladies rabbits had babies they were giving them away for free. I said I didn’t care what I got I just wanted a rabbit. So my sweet kamdyn came on my dads birthday the first birthday since his passing. I believe my dad sent me Kamdyn and is why he means so much to me. Then 3 1/2 years later I was thinking about getting a rabbit to bond with my male kamdyn. I said if a rabbit came into my life I would adopt it. Then I was at an event for dogs and saw a cage with 2 rabbits in it. One a female the other a male. I fell in love with the female and filled out the application. She was fixed microchipped and was so sweet and beautiful. The rescue group said know one has ever applied to adopt her. Made me want her even more. 2 weeks later after a home visit my sweet sunshine came to live with me. The bonding didn’t work out because my male got cancer. I still have sunshine and I am thankful to have both of them. The ladies at the rescue group said the day of the dog event they weren’t even going to bring rabbits. At the last minute something told them bring the rabbits and I am glad they did. If they hadn’t I wouldn’t have my sweet sunshine!

After my mom passed, my grandma suggested that I ask my dad (who I live with now) if it would be okay for me to have an animal companion. He agreed and I began researching rabbits. I read a lot of books, information online to educate myself as much as possible. I knew that I wanted a small rabbit, so a dwarf was ideal for me.

I had many fall outs with breeders (I was upset, but.. now, I feel that I have the best companion) and I finally found one that is about 1 1/2 hours away from me. She recently had 2 litters. Two tort bucks, one.. black otter girl.

Of course, you know which one that I chose

Chacha means a lot to me. She has made me very happy and has helped me cope with losing my mom. My dad (her grandpa) loves her to pieces. He always looks for her when he gets home. He loves feeding her raisins and her morning breakfast pellets She has changed my life and I owe her mine.

My next rabbit, will be from a shelter (if Miss Chacha bun wants a friend that is!). For now, it is just me and Chacha bun. I live with my dad and he has joked about the possibility of me getting another bunny, but I feel I am not ready. I told him “I’m not sure if I can train that rabbit to be so well behaved like Chacha.” He said “Oh yeah..” LOL. When I move out, that possibility of her getting a friend will be open.

I went to Atwood’s one day and there was a large bin/pool/horse water bowl (idk what it was) full of baby bunnies. We, my bf and I, were just messing around and happened to wonder into the store one day while doing laundry across the street. I fell in love with them all. That night, and over the next three weeks, I became obsessed with bunnies. I was watching youtube videos, reading care info, etc. It was all I could talk about.
At the time, I had just moved in with my bf. I came from a house with 4 kids, 2 turtles, 6 cats and 2 dogs and was trying to transition into an apartment with just me and him. I was going crazy. I was so lonely and bored. He was concerned. One night, after a few months of dealing with me in deep depression, he asked “If I were to get you a gift, what would you want?” I replied “A pet, possibly a bunny, a bike, a car, an art easel….” He asked which was on the top of that list and I said it was the bunny.
The next day, we discussed getting a rabbit. We went to Atwood’s as soon as we decided and played with all the buns. I chose one that was black with white spots, but he was older and lazy. BF then pointed out a very tiny one, the smallest in the group, that was covered in mud and defending a large cement block she was perched on. I picked her up and we instantly bonded. We took her home and she quickly explored the kitchen. She claimed bf’s tool box as her new toy, tossing all the sockets around.

Posted By peppypoo on 08/25/2011 01:58 PM
Aww, I always think it’s heartwarming to hear stories about other bunnies who really came out of their shell with love and care .

I agree! (: I’m enjoying these too. I feel bad about my story about Wilbur sounding so negative, but I  love her a truckload heehee. (:

I should mention that I chose to get Otto in the first place because I really wanted a pet other than gerbils, but we’re not cat people and couldn’t have a dog in our apartment. I’ve always had gerbils so I wasn’t opposed to a small pet, but wanted one that was more social and could have more run of the house. I started to research buns and thought they would be perfect! DH was harder to convince, but he eventually agreed to let me get a bun right around my birthday, and it turns out Otto was born 3 days before my birthday so it seemed like he should be mine. I actually wanted either of his brothers more than him, but he was the last one left so I took him. So glad I ended up with my little grouchy boy!

Bunny was an impulse buy at a 4H fair (don’t judge…i know, i know) I actually didn’t like her, brown was boring and she was mean too, for being a show bunny. Now I think she’s the prettiest girl ever And obviously, she’s nice.

Jack was purely picked because he was neutered, neglected, cheap, and (as i was told) a rex. After showing up and seeing him…I couldn’t leave him, rex or not.

I wuv them Best choices in my life EVER.